Publisher: Brent P. Newhall's MusaeumMany fantasy RPGs mimic D&D or Tolkienesque fantasy worlds. This one is based on classic sword-and-sorcery games of high adventure. The characters are more likely to be swashbuckling barbarians or muscled thieves than paladins or dwarves.
Steel & Flame is a tabletop RPG that combines the stats of the classic Barbarians of Lemuria system with elements of Fate. Statting up a character takes a few minutes.
Your character is made of 8 stats (4 combat-oriented and 4 non-combat-oriented), Health Points, and points in a wide variety of careers. To resolve an action, roll Fate dice, and add points from the appropriate stats and/or careers.
One particularly nice thing about this system is that it let you see how well you succeed at an action, instead of just indicating success or failure. You can make a Fantastic leap from a burning airship or a Terrible swing at a snarling harem guard.
All character rules fit on one page, with magic on another page, and GM advice on the final page.
Steel & Flame is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA 3.0).
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